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[Discussion] Optimistic operator support

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Hi, first of all, great cmd line tool.

This is more like a discussion I would like to start, to have your opinions.

I'm focusing this discussion on the cmd line tool, and how it's being used on fastlane right now.


Does it makes sense to support Optimistic operators for Xcode versions ~>?

Just like xcode-install used to do, with its fastlane wrapper:

xcversion(version: "~> 14.1")

I think we can benefit from something similar for xcodes.

Right now,

$ xcodes installed

outputs this list:

13.3.1 (13E500a)         /Applications/Xcode13.3.1.app
14.1 (14B47b) (Selected) /Applications/Xcode14.1.app

The idea was to have something like this:

$ xcodes installed '~> 14'

This would return the matching versions, with the compatible Xcode paths:

14.1 (14B47b) (Selected) /Applications/Xcode14.1.app

Right now, I'm just collecting feedback if this makes sense, but I'm happy to contribute with this change to xcodes installed.

Thanks.

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Start by locating the CLI entry point for xcodes installed and the existing Xcode version-matching logic. Clarify the intended optimistic-operator semantics and acceptance criteria before implementation; done should mean that a command such as xcodes installed '~> 14' returns matching installed versions with their compatible paths.

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Tech stack
swift
Domain
cli
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
5/5
Estimated time
Over a week
Activity status
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Newbie friendliness
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